Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation

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On Wed, 2005-12-14 at 15:54 -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Mark Lord <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Leaving up()/down() as-is is really the most sensible option.
> >
> 
> Absolutely.
> 
> I must say that my interest in this stuff is down in
> needs-an-electron-microscope-to-locate territory.  down() and up() work
> just fine and they're small, efficient, well-debugged and well-understood. 
> We need a damn good reason for taking on tree-wide churn or incompatible
> renames or addition of risk.  What's the damn good reason here?
> 

****
> Please.  Go fix some bugs.  We're not short of them.
****

I'd give that the quote of the day!

-- Steve


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